Another interesting bit from that same article. I mentioned escape pods getting destroyed? If you're in UEE space and you destroy another player's escape pod, you're going to have UEE law enforcement on your ass pretty quick, and you're going to have player-claimable bounties on your head that will make safely navigating pirate space a risky proposition as well.

Conversely, if you tractor in another player's escape pod before he or she calls in the NPC Rescue & Recovery crews by activating the rescue beacon, you'll get a tidy reward from the insurance company.

f1r3w4rr10r wrote:Of course. It's going to be just like in EVE with an open business model. You can basically turn everything into a business. Wouldn't be surprised, if players actually founded own insurance companies.

This is what I'm hoping for. The one thing I love to death about EVE Online is the fully player-driven economy.

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I'm already in Eridani Light Pony, and per their rules I can't be in another group for a game they have an official presence in. They're cool folks, though (for the most part). Perhaps an alliance or something could be arranged?

It doesn't prevent me from flying with other groups, but it boils down to "If we wind up on opposite sides of a conflict, we need some kind of assurance you won't work against us, so you can't be officially a member of ELP and another group at the same time."